Ronnie Stewart in drag for 'Soldiers in skirts'. Photograph, 1947.

Date:
1947
Reference:
2045292i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Ronnie Stewart in drag for 'Soldiers in skirts'. Photograph, 1947. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Photograph of Ronnie Stewart wearing a tartan dress and dark hat standing next to a column prop.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1947.

Physical description

1 photograph : print ; 13.8 x 8.6 cm

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Lettering

Ronnie Stewart Lettering printed in black on bottom recto. To the Props, sincere wishes Ronnie Stewart 1947 (written in blue ink, recto) "Soldiers in skirts" 26/5/47. (written in black ink, top verso)

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Drag performer Ronnie Stewart, in 'Soldiers in Skirts', 1947. This popular revue toured well into the 1950s."
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

References note

Clare Barlow, Queer British art, 1861-1967, London: Tate Publishing, 2017, pp. 91 and 180

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2045292i

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  • Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'

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